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Good hair day for mathematicians

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Sep 2016

Fermat’s last theorem and the Poincaré conjecture – just two of the great mathematical problems tha…

Back to reality

Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Sep 2016

As the summer draws to a close, time to get back into the swing of laboratory work.

Can we clone our way out of trouble?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Sep 2016

Can we clone our way out of trouble? The imminent death of a fruiting icon throws Russ Swan into a …

Is this a new dawn for scientific publishing?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2016

Scientific publishing – it’s a rum old do isn’t it?

Genomics here, genomics everywhere

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Sep 2016

Genomic projects are occurring worldwide, here are some facts you may not have known about them.

The dish is dead, long live the dish!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 31 Aug 2016

The problem with Petri dishes – and this hardly needs saying really – is that they just don’t resem…

Where does Theresa May stand on science and engineering?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Aug 2016

It’s been a tumultuous few weeks in British politics since the result of the EU referendum two mont…

Play nice and share

Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Aug 2016

Tired of never having that vital piece of equipment to hand when you need it? Fear not, Dr Matthew …

Sparring is over, let the fight begin!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Aug 2016

Worrying cases have already emerged suggesting we are missing out on EU science funding and collabo…

Theranos - scientific breakthrough or epic hoax?

Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Aug 2016

A company on the brink of a scientific and medical breakthrough, or a hoax on an epic scale? Russ S…

The growing popularity of biosimilars

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Aug 2016

A few facts concerning biosimilars, therapeutic agents that closely mimic an original biological mo…

Won it…by a nose

Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Jul 2016

Why are arguments no longer solved by swordplay? Just imagine the time we could have saved over the…

Take a saunter on the conference cat-walk

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jul 2016

Top hat and tails or Metallica t-shirt? When it comes to the scientific conference, the biggest cha…

Reading the small print...

Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jul 2016

When it comes to science coverage, a glance beyond the headlines is always needed warns Russ Swan.

The hunt for exoplanets

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016

The first exoplanet was discovered in 1992. Since then we have discovered hundreds but there are ma…

Two tales of two ships

Evoluted New Media | Added: 1 Jul 2016

Typical. You wait years for a story about a polar research ship, then two come along at once.

Time to leave, but also to get on with the job

Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jun 2016

My initial reaction, perhaps like many, is that I’m relieved that the referendum campaign is now ov…

Get out your tickling sticks

Evoluted New Media | Added: 24 Jun 2016

Laughter, they say, is the best medicine. ‘They’ are obviously idiots. It quite clearly isn’t.

Stand by your beds!

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2016

Get out the duster, put down your work and get your excuses ready – the VIPs are in…and they
are …

Science funding shakeup needs your attention

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Jun 2016

With devolved elections on 5th May and the EU referendum looming large, last month saw the announce…